The Chief Executive of the HSE has said the hospital system is tightening up as the numbers being treated for Covid-19 increases.
Speaking on Saturday with Katie Hannon, Paul Reid said: "We have formally gone into surge capacity. "We are seeing families and young people being treated.
This virus affects everybody. "In terms of beds, we now have 313 available beds, up from 285 before surge capacity." There are 1,850 Covid patients in hospital today with 191 of those in ICU.
Yesterday, the Department of Health reported a further 50 Covid-related deaths and 3,498 new confirmed cases of the virus. Mr Reid said: "We have now stood up our national critical care surge group. "Individual hospitals are scaling up for surge capacity, where they